Some journalists need places to stay in the Katrina coverage areas. Others need time on a satellite truck. If you or your colleagues need something to help you cover this story, Please send your request for help via e-mail here. If you're able to provide some of what's needed, please send your offer of help via e-mail here, and we'll do our best to make the matches.
Some requests have already been met, but here are some of the still pending needs:
We'll list offers of help of various sorts here.
We're tracking journalists who have lost touch with their news organizations here.
Here's a directory -- we're still putting this together -- of what's happening with various news organizations in areas affected by Katrina.
Our focus is mostly on journalists covering the story. If you'd like to offer temporary housing to people who have lost their homes as a result of Katrina, here's one option. (Seems reliable; we've used it to offer temporary housing to any Katrina victims who may be able to make it to St. Petersburg. If you know of other such sites, feel free to send them our way with your recommendatons of them.)
